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0 pointsghughes4y ago0 comments

> ensure security, install the software you need, keep it updated and secure etc

These things are now trivial enough that it doesn't make sense to pay 10x the cost of bare metal for a cloud provider to solve them for you unless you have a crazy amount of runway or absolutely no idea what you're doing.

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snovv_crash4y ago

Or unless your traffic is so low that the marginal cost differences are something you can swallow.

I've been running something on AppEngine for 10 years and it costs me less than $1 a month. Not sure I could find a cheaper VPS.

On the other hand, I also manage a Mediawiki install, and a cheap Hetzner VPS works great for this.

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snovv_crash4y ago

Or unless your traffic is so low that the marginal cost differences are something you can swallow.

I've been running something on AppEngine for 10 years and it costs me less than $1 a month. Not sure I could find a cheaper VPS.

On the other hand, I also manage a Mediawiki install, and a cheap Hetzner VPS works great for this.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse